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The Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CAPCSD) recently released a position paper on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) in CSD (Friberg et al., 2024). In a 2023 journal article that we co-authored with our colleagues Jen Friberg and Kerry Mandulak, we (Alli Sauerwein and Jerry Hoepner)...
A Guide for Practicum Administrators For faculty who organize external practicum placements, the primary responsibility is to ensure that graduate students in speech-language pathology receive high-quality clinical education in a variety of clinical settings. This requires building and maintaining strong relationships with supervisors, securing appropriate clinical placements, and managing contracts—all...
The global pandemic has highlighted experiences of isolation, upheaval, and uncertainty, while also revealing divisions within society. In this environment, it is crucial to examine biases that may exist both personally and within professional practices. This paper will focus on the importance of addressing assessment bias with children who are bilingual—defined...
Opposing views continue to exist regarding the value of including racial and ethnic identities when considering academic and professional opportunities—even up to the level of the Supreme Court. Despite the persisting prevalence of these diametric views about diversity, equity, and inclusion, the following realities remain: Why Is It Important To...
The science of teamwork has provided a growing body of evidence demonstrating the positive impact of teams in different work settings. Teamwork increases success, reduces errors, saves lives, reduces costs, improves retention, and more (see, e.g., Hughes et al., 2016; LePine et al., 2008; Lutfiyya et al., 2019; Salas et...
By now, you’ve likely heard about efforts to decrease the research-to-practice gap in communication sciences and disorders (CSD) through implementation science. Tools and techniques of implementation science aim to improve client outcomes by systematically attending to factors that influence the translation of research into real-life settings (e.g., the individual provider,...
Over the last several years, representatives of ASHA’s Academic Affairs Board, SIG 10, SIG 11, and SIG 14 have worked on a collaborative project meant to positively impact all types of teaching and learning in communication sciences and disorders (CSD). Together, the group worked to create a collection of resources...
Eight years ago, I (Natalie) asked the communication sciences and disorders (CSD) community if they thought “implementation science” was a buzzword or a game changer (Douglas, Campbell, & Hinckley, 2015). My colleagues and I went on to suggest that implementation science really could and would change the game of clinical...
What’s new in bilingualism? Good things! For one, it seems that maybe we are finally ready to stop taking a deficit perspective on bilingual students. “What!?!” you are thinking. “We have been talking about ‘difference vs. disorder’ for years!” True, but ‘difference vs. disorder’ is just a tiny ripple in...
As health care and interprofessional educators and practitioners, we find ourselves at a crucial time for making change in how we educate and how we deliver services that are most impactful. Interprofessional education (IPE) is grounded in four competency areas that expect us to build teams and teamwork, establish values...